The Crenshaw light rail line to LAX is set to open next year and now Metro is looking at options to expand that line north.

That's potentially good news for West Hollywood. For years, city officials there, including Mayor John Duran, have been pushing the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority to extend the Crenshaw line into their city.

"We’ve got the density, the potential ridership and we’re just a good connecting city," Duran said, citing the burgeoning nightlife, shopping, employment and walkable neighborhoods as reasons why the city is a no-brainer for a rail line.

This week, Metro released an initial study of five different route options the agency could build. But under current funding timelines, that work wouldn’t be completed until the mid-2040s.